rep springs

[Greg Newell]

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Wim,
         I was taught something early on that may help you. When regulating 
an action it's best to make a few passes at it. Similar I think to the 
multipass tuning everyone talks about. If you had gone through the action 
more than once I'm sure that you would have found that the spring tension 
was low. A common error is to set the spring tension before making at least 
gross adjustments to the checking height. If the checking height is near to 
normal the spring tension you set will stay nicely. If you don't  ... it 
won't. I hope this helps!

Greg Newell

At 10:50 AM 6/6/2002, you wrote:
>I have been taught (and it says so in the regulation manuals), that the 
>rep springs should be adjusted so that there is a "gentle rise," when you 
>let up on the key. This winter I regulated all of the main pianos in the 
>school, including the piano faculty pianos, with the rep spring set to 
>give me that "gentle rise." Now, all of a sudden, piano players are 
>complaining about poor repetition, and when I check out the pianos, there 
>is almost no rise at all.
>
>Once upon a time I heard that the springs will change with the change in 
>weather. But what is happening? How come all of my rep springs are flat? 
>Inquiring minds want to know.
>
>Wim

Greg Newell
mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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